SALLOW


Meaning of SALLOW in English

1. adj. & v.

--adj. (sallower, sallowest) (of the skin or complexion, or of a person) of a sickly yellow or pale brown.

--v.tr. & intr. make or become sallow.

Derivatives:

sallowish adj. sallowness n.

Etymology: OE salo dusky f. Gmc 2. n.1 a willow-tree, esp. one of a low-growing or shrubby kind.

2 the wood or a shoot of this.

Derivatives:

sallowy adj.

Etymology: OE salh salg- f. Gmc, rel. to OHG salaha, ON selja, L salix

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.